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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A former officer with the Loveland Police Department in Colorado has been found guilty by a jury of violating civil rights for sexually assaulting a minor while on duty.
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A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana has indicted Darrion Denard Brooks, 28, of Houston, Texas, on charges related to a scheme to obtain controlled substances through fraudulent prescriptions and sell them illegally.
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A Georgia resident, Patrick C. Moore Jr., was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $7.2 million in restitution for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme.
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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has filed lawsuits against six states—Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington—for not providing their statewide voter registration lists as required by federal law.
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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against William Aaron Asper, a landlord in the Westland, Michigan area, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against female tenants.
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The Justice Department, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has seized about 73,000 units of products containing 7-hydroxymitragine (7-OH) from three warehouses.
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Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to drug conspiracy and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
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The Justice Department has seized the web domain tickmilleas.com, which was used in cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes targeting Americans.
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Five men have been indicted on charges related to the operation of an online group called “Greggy’s Cult,” which authorities allege was responsible for a range of child exploitation offenses.
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A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has indicted Jeriah Mast, 44, of Millersburg, Ohio, on four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Haiti.
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Mark Tucci, a 44-year-old resident of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for making violent threats and committing civil rights violations. U.S. District Judge Gerald A. McHugh handed down the sentence, which also includes two...
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Patric J. Ferguson, a former officer with the Memphis Police Department, has been sentenced to 38 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the fatal shooting of a man identified as R.H. The sentencing was announced by officials...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has begun an investigation into United Parks & Resorts Inc., the parent company of SeaWorld Orlando, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, and Aquatica Orlando, over allegations of disability discrimination.
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Earlier this week, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to invalidate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 air quality standard for particulate...
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A Tennessee man, Jadakiss Johnson, 23, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following his involvement in an armed carjacking that took place in Memphis.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a proposed settlement with RealPage Inc., a company that provides revenue management software for the multifamily rental housing industry.
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The Justice Department has reported results from a six-month effort aimed at addressing violent crime in Indian Country, including cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous persons.
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A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to sending threatening letters and postcards to Jewish organizations across several states, according to the Department of Justice.
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A former Virginia business owner, Richard Moore, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for failing to account for and pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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A federal court in Nevada has sentenced Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of Las Vegas to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay $550,000 in criminal fines.